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What to cook when you have a basic set of soup at home: cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes and meat? Of course, shchi. A rich, warming and healthy soup that is good to eat both in winter, when you come home from the cold, and in summer, when you gather the whole family for lunch under an apple tree. Fresh vegetables, thick beef broth, fragrant herbs are the basis of the composition. Add ground pepper, garlic and caraway seeds - and it will only get better. You'll see.

Step 1

Pour cold water over the meat and place the pan on the stove. When the water boils, reduce the heat and leave the broth to simmer for 1.5 hours. Skim off the foam periodically.

Step 2

When the broth is ready, strain it. Remove the meat and cut into pieces, removing the veins and small bones.

Step 3

Cut the potatoes into cubes.

Step 4

Place the potatoes in the boiling broth to cook.

Step 5

Thinly slice the onion and add it to the preheated frying pan.

Step 6

Fry the onion until golden brown.

Step 7

Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Add them to the saucepan with the onions. Fry until soft.

Step 8

Carefully dice the tomatoes and peppers. Add them to the pan with the vegetables. When the base is ready, add it to the boiling broth.

Step 9

Chop the cabbage: finely or into larger pieces - depending on how your family eats.

Step 10

Simmer the cabbage in a saucepan until it becomes soft.

Step 11

Add cabbage to the pan.

Step 12

Add salt, pepper and bay leaf to the soup.

Step 13

Cook for another 15-20 minutes.

Step 14

Remove from heat, add finely chopped garlic and herbs.

Step 15

Let it sit in the pan for a bit and then pour into bowls.